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What do people know about plants and how did they learn it? What should children understand about plants as part...
My earliest memories of a public garden are of the conservatory on Belle Isle, a large island park in the...
Clematis and roses are the mainstay of my .garden, and they seem to have an affinity for each other, climbing...
Imagine, for a moment, a city or suburb in which residential front yards, commercial landscapes, parking lots, streetscapes, and public...
The diminutive globe lilies can hardly be equaled for their delicacy and distinctive bearing. Native to woodlands and forests in...
When is a eucalypt not a Eucalyptus? When it’s an Angophora-at least according to most people. This eastern Australian genus...
Weeds rank right up there with slugs and deer as ongoing annoyance factors in the garden. The problem is that...
My favorite candidate for eradication is English ivy. One of the worst pests around, this pesky creeper displaces native plants...
In May of 2002, Simon Legge, the canny marketing director of Fetzer and Bonterra wines in Europe, approached me about...